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Googlitis

Googlitis noun: the excessive use of, or overreliance on, Google (or other search engines), possibly leading to misinformation or impaired critical thinking skills.

Noun

Googlitis (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The excessive use of, or overreliance on, Google (or other search engines), possibly leading to misinformation or impaired critical thinking skills.
    • Be careful of Google, though. You can diagnose yourself as having every dreadful disease on the planet with just one sniffle. If I'm being honest, my husband had to save me from being carried away by Googleitis more than once.2019, Rachel C. Swanson, Refine and Restore: Revive Your Heart, Release Your Purpose, New York, NY: FaithWords, →ISBN, page unknown

Forms of Googlitis

alternative formGoogleitis

Origin of Googlitis

From Google + -itis.

Questions about Googlitis

What does Googlitis mean?
Googlitis means the excessive use of, or overreliance on, Google (or other search engines), possibly leading to misinformation or impaired critical thinking skills.
What part of speech is Googlitis?
Googlitis is a noun.

Words near Googlitis in the dictionary

  1. Googlise
  2. Googlised
  3. Googlises
  4. googlish
  5. Googlising
  6. Googlitis
  7. Googlize
  8. Googlized
  9. Googlizes
  10. Googlizing
  11. googly

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